Women Are Perceived to Have More Power Than Men in Domains That Are Viewed As Important in U.S. Tweets
Sikström, Sverker LU
and Stille, Lotta
(2023)
In Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking
26(5).
p.332-337
- Abstract
Previous research of gender differences in power has largely focused on the public domain (e.g., leadership positions), and to a lesser extent power on the private domain (e.g., power in private relationships), where people may perceive these domains to be more or less important in their lives. We studied gender differences in preference weighted power (PWP) in different domains by weighting the perceived power by the perceived importance in life in a large set of Twitter messages from the United States (
N = 9,286,471). The results showed that men (tweets including "he") are semantically related to general power, and women (tweets including "she") are related to importance in life, which in previous research have been connected... (More)Previous research of gender differences in power has largely focused on the public domain (e.g., leadership positions), and to a lesser extent power on the private domain (e.g., power in private relationships), where people may perceive these domains to be more or less important in their lives. We studied gender differences in preference weighted power (PWP) in different domains by weighting the perceived power by the perceived importance in life in a large set of Twitter messages from the United States (
(Less)
N = 9,286,471). The results showed that men (tweets including "he") are semantically related to general power, and women (tweets including "she") are related to importance in life, which in previous research have been connected to the public and private domains, respectively. Importantly, women had higher PWP than men. In conclusion, men are perceived to have more general power and women more PWP in U.S. tweets.
- author
- Sikström, Sverker
LU
and Stille, Lotta
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-03-28
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking
- volume
- 26
- issue
- 5
- pages
- 332 - 337
- publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85159211863
- pmid:36989501
- ISSN
- 2152-2723
- DOI
- 10.1089/cyber.2022.0133
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- cd717231-9b60-4427-875d-747ff2244b7f
- date added to LUP
- 2023-03-30 20:13:05
- date last changed
- 2024-04-19 20:35:43
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N = 9,286,471). The results showed that men (tweets including "he") are semantically related to general power, and women (tweets including "she") are related to importance in life, which in previous research have been connected to the public and private domains, respectively. Importantly, women had higher PWP than men. In conclusion, men are perceived to have more general power and women more PWP in U.S. tweets.<br>
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